The return of ABC Family’s “Secret Life of the American Teenager” debuted Monday with the network’s best delivery in total viewers, adults 18-49, adults 18-34 and viewers 12-34 in its history. “Teenager” drew 4.4 million total viewers during its 8-9 p.m. telecast. The show drew 1.9 million viewers ages...
MTV is close to reviving "Beauty and the Geek," the Ashton Kutcher-Fox 21 reality show that most recently aired on the CW. Negotiations are underway for MTV to air six episodes of what's being called "Beauty and the Geek: Celebrity," according to people familiar with the talks...
Oxygen has acquired the off-network rights to reruns of The CW’s “America’s Next Top Model.” The NBC-owned cable network bought the rights to the full library of “Model,” including its current and future cycles, from CBS Television Distribution. Oxygen will begin to air episodes of “Model” in January...
SoapNet will air a 24-hour marathon of the original “Beverly Hills, 90210” on Sept. 1 starting at midnight. Twenty-four episodes from the show’s first four seasons will be featured. The marathon is in anticipation of the premiere of The CW’s spinoff “90210” on Sept. 2. A CW spokesman said the network...
Bill Morningstar, head of ad sales for The CW Network, is leaving to take a similar position with the new MLB Network being set up by Major League Baseball, according to a source who had been briefed on the matter. Mr. Morningstar’s contract is up with The CW and associates describe him as a die-hard...